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Inspirational Quotations by Seth Godin (American Entrepreneur)

Seth Godin (b.1960) is an American entrepreneur and management consultant. He is a popular author and public speaker on branding and the psychology of marketing.

Godin is famous for his storytelling and his brilliant sound bites in his numerous books, articles, and speeches. His bestsellers include Purple Cow (2003,) Free Prize Inside (2004,) The Dip (2007,) Tribes (2008,) and Linchpin (2010.) Purple Cow, specified how brands and individuals could make their stories seem noteworthy.

Tribes argued that one could create social change if one could find one’s “tribe” (those with whom we share our ideals.) Linchpin urged readers to apply “emotional labor” for others, to “give gifts” of time and energy to facilitate becoming the indispensable employee no organization would ever consider firing.

The best time to do great customer service is when a customer is upset.—Seth GodinTopics: Business

Sometimes we spend more time than we should defending the old thing, instead of working to take advantage of the new thing.—Seth GodinTopics: Change

If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either.—Seth GodinTopics: Business

It’s essentially impossible to become successful or well off doing a job that is described and measured by someone else. The only chance our country (your country, depends where you live), your economy and most of all, your family has to get ahead is this: make up new rules. People who make up new rules continue to be in very short supply.—Seth Godin

Make a decision. It doesn’t have to be a wise decision or a perfect one. Just make one.—Seth GodinTopics: Business

When you see the world as it is, but insist on making it more like it could be, you matter.—Seth GodinTopics: Greatness

The easiest thing is to react. The second easiest thing is to respond. But the hardest thing is to initiate.—When people ask you to tell them what to do, resist.—Seth GodinTopics: Leadership, Management

You can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.—Seth GodinTopics: Ideas

Change is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. Survival is not the goal, transformative success is.—Seth GodinTopics: Change

Ideas in secret die. They need light and air or they starve to death.—Seth GodinTopics: Ideas

If you want to become the kind of person that any company would kill to have as an employee, you need to be the kind of employee that’s really picky about who you align with.—Seth Godin

Change almost never fails because it’s too early. It almost always fails because it’s too late.—Seth GodinTopics: Change

Once you have permission to talk to someone, finding new products or services for them is a smart way to grow.—Seth GodinTopics: Business

99% of the time, in my experience, the hard part about creativity isn’t coming up with something no one has ever thought of before. The hard part is actually executing the thing you’ve thought of.—Seth Godin

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.—Seth Godin

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.—Seth GodinTopics: Business

People don’t believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.—Seth GodinTopics: Belief

If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.—Seth GodinTopics: Leadership, Management